Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-01
FROM ALL QUARTERS. AMERICA KEEPS THE CUP. The Volunteer Again A Win-
 ner. POOR WORK BY THE THISTLE. A Chance Perhaps For The Puritan. JUDGE REA THE NEW CHIEF Who Will Command The
 Grand Army.
JUDGE REA THE NEW CHIEF
THE THISTLE AGAIN BEATEN

THE THISTLE AGAIN BEATEN And the America's Cup Will Stay On
 This Sfde-The scotch Yacht Beaten l From the Start-The Race Sailed En- | tireIy On Its Merits.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Of all the races for the ancient trophy-the Americas cup none was ever sailed before under conditions which prevailed at to days race. And none was ever more fairly won than the second race of the series of 1887 in which General 1 Paine's new steel sloop Volunteer defeated l the scotch cutter Thistle over the outside course of forty miles. People who did not see the race are sorry they did not and the ! lucky ones who did will remember it as long as they live. The only regret they have is that the Thistle was not able to show more seaworthy qualities and thus make the con- | test closer one. For half hour after the start it was plain that the Thistle was a l beaten boat unless fuke or shift of wind | should save her from what promised to be ! an overwhelming defeat. In the twenty | mile thrash to windward the centerboard | type told so heavily against the keel that the cutter was beaten fourteen minutes and four seconds. The Thistle redeemed herself lit tie coming home before the wind by gaining two minutes, twenty six seconds on the Vol unteer.
 Gloomy enough was the outlook at 8 o'clock this morning when Commodore Ger rys guests boarded the Electra, the flagship, at the foot of East Twenty sixth street. A veil of mist overhung the city and river &C., eompanied by frequent showers of drizzling rain, but there was good breeze blowing out of the east and it increased as the Flee ,%o ,,al d. tha hav ha- gan to appear and 8 swell was felt as the flagship reached the Swash channel. The fog began to lift so that when Sandy Hook was abeam the Thistle and Volunteer loomed up out of it to windward. They each had malnsail and jibs set and the cutter was set ting her working topsail The Volunteer had been lowed out by the tug s. T. Havi- land. She had been on Zebas' dry dock at South Brooklyn all night, much to the sur prise of her friends. General Paine had had a new coat of pot lead rubbed into her and now she was fit to fight for her life and the glory that American people were eager to accord her. At 1O:05 the Electra anchored the Scotland lightship, the imaginary line being drawn between the two vessels. The weather now although cloudy was clear of fog, so the course east by north was an- nounced by signals ct once and at 10:05 the tug Haviland started on the twenty mile run 
 about and written about, but no other ever witnessed off Sandy Hook excited so much admiration from the spectators as this one. It was perfect stert and cleverly executed by both shippers. The Scotchman had been grumbling about the delay in starting on the two previous days, so that the committee, Messrs. Peabody, Kortright and Taylor, de- mined to start at the time announced on the programme. Promptly at 10:30 the preparatory gun boomed from the Electra's starboard bow. It was official announcement that the days sport was about to begin, and to the yachtsmen it meant that ten minutes woull be allowed them in which to get ready. How those precious minutes were utilized by both the yachts will be seen. The Volunteer and the Thistle, both carrying the same canvas, main sail, staysail, jib and working gafftopsail, reaching to the southwest the starboard tack when the gun was fired. The Volun- teer stood along till she reached point on line with the Electra's bow, then go- ing about she kept head off and ran down with sheets fiat aft, gybing over soon after. Captain Barr adopt ed nearly the same tactics, taking wider sweep to leeward. At 10:42 the starting gun was fired and both yachts went over the line at terrific clip. The Thistle was to wind ward, but the big white sloop from Boston was in the lead They were carrying main
  As they dashed off into the northeast no one could say which was getting the better of it. Each seemed to be flying with the speed of the wind and it was all that some of the steamers could do to keep the yachts in sight. The Volunteer was leaning slightly more than the Scotchman, but each was heeled good deal. The wind was blowing twenty miles an hour and it gave signs of holding out and even of freshening. The Volunteer hung on to the wind like a part of it. She was sail ing in it's very teeth and her long boom pointed perceptibly better than that of her rival. Just behind and still to wind ward the Thistle was cutting the water like knife, and so we'll were both yachts sailing, and so slight the distance between them, that the betting was about even. The course was al- most parallel with the southern coast of Long Island and they made such brilliant running that the fleet of excursion boats was soon left in the rear. Slowly but surely the Volunteer drew away from her rival, and as they passed Rockaway the white sloop had 8 half mile and had gained it through her abil- ity to point closer to the wind than the cut ter. At noon the yachts had gained point off Long Beach and the Yankee boat had in creased her lead until she was good mile to the fore. At 12:30 o'clock both yachts went on the starboard tack, standing in toward shore. The Volunteer was gaining and her lead was fully mile and 8 quarter 1:30. At 2:30 o'clock the boats could be seen nearing the stakeboat off Long Beach which they were to turn. To all appearances the Volunteer was widening the gap between her and her Scotch rival. At 2:35 she turned the stakeboat on the port tack. The Thistle at this time was about mile off the stake boat on her starboard tack. Seventeen min utes later sine turned and was greeted was the Volunteer. When the Volunteer turned she caught the wind and went flying ahead. Enthusiastically she was increasing her lead. At 8 o'clock the yachts were directly oppo- site the Long Beach Hotel. They were both carrying spinnaker, balloon top sail and clubsail. They were flying before the wind, the Volunteer two miles in the lead, At 3:45 the Volunteer was rushing along toward home with a free sheet and foaming bow The wind was fresher, per haps, than it had been at any time during the day. Away back in the rear somewhere in the neighborhood of two miles and a half was the Thistle. The winning Volunteer rushed up amid blasts upon blasts from steam 4aa17 whistles Tba and Esess ahe ns fired and belched out louder than 1t ever did before. The Volunteer eased up little took in her balloon jib and sailed on her triumphant way to Bay Ridge. The steamboats and excursionlsts waited tor the beaten boat. She looked as pretty and brave as she ever did, but that was all. She crossed the finish line eleven minutes behind the Volunteer. She too got cheers and toots of whistles, because she had tried and tried bravely.
 The following is the official time of the race:
 Actual Corrected
 Start Finish. Time. Time. Volunteer 1O:4O:2i 435:12 5:54:51 5:54:45 Thistle. 10;40:50A 4:234 542:56A o:42:46A The scotchmen Ready to Try Again
 The Thistle For Sale at Fifty Thou.
 sand Dollars.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Mr. Bell. the owner of the Thistle, was seen by a reporter inn mediately after the race and in response to inquiries said: "You may say that we are beaten, but that the disappointment does not extend down as far as our shoes. I think the Volunteer can beat us in windward work" he continued, ''but also think that to-day's race of twenty miles to windward and return is not 8 fair criterion of the respective merits